Neuroscience
Researchers find 'lost' memories using light
Memories that have been "lost" as a result of amnesia can be recalled by activating brain cells with light.
May 28, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers discover new weapon against antibiotic resistance—it also fights malaria
Florida International University scientists discovered the first and only known natural arsenic-containing antibiotic to fight antibiotic resistance. Now, research reveals it can stop transmission of a deadly disease spreading ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Inflammatory disorders
Breakthrough in vaccination development against resistant A. baumannii infection
Recently, the teams led by Professor Xuechen Li from Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Professor Sheng Chen from the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health of ...
Sep 14, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers seek insights into cancer's hidden vulnerabilities
One of the biggest challenges to the development of medical treatments for cancer is the fact that there is no single kind of cancer. Cancers derive from many kinds of cells and tissues, and each have their own characteristics, ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Block its recycling system, and cancer kicks the can: study
All cells have the ability to recycle unwanted or damaged proteins and reuse the building blocks as food. But cancer cells have ramped up the system, called autophagy, and rely on it to escape damage in the face of chemotherapy ...
May 8, 2012
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Genetics
Researchers reveal how a single gene mutation leads to uncontrolled obesity
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have revealed how a mutation in a single gene is responsible for the inability of neurons to effectively pass along appetite suppressing signals from the body to the right ...
Mar 18, 2012
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Medical research
Researchers develop a new approach to scale-up manufacturing of life-saving oligonucleotide therapeutics
Scientists have developed a new approach to produce life-saving oligonucleotide therapeutics on a large scale, in high purity, and with minimal environmental impacts. The finding, by The University of Manchester, will facilitate ...
Jun 28, 2023
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Medications
Many drugs have mirror image chemical structures: While one may be helpful, the other may be harmful
The effects a drug or chemical compound have on the body depend on how its atoms are arranged in space. Some compounds have a dark twin with the same molecular formula but different 3D structure—and this can have consequences ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Copying cancer cell carbohydrates for inclusion in a vaccine that activates the immune system
The surface of all cells is covered with carbohydrates. On cancer cells, however, the carbohydrates often differ from the carbohydrates located on the surface of healthy cells. Professor Mads Hartvig Clausen and Postdoc Cecilia ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Medications
Improving competition and reducing costs of bio-pharmaceuticals
Georgia State Law associate professor Yaniv Heled focuses his career on the intersection of biotechnology and the law. For nearly a decade, he has dedicated much of his research to the regulation of bio-pharmaceuticals (also ...
Mar 26, 2020
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